Overview
- A government audit identified roughly 7.71–7.72 lakh ineligible or duplicate ration-card entries including about 1.44 lakh above the income limit, roughly 23,394 duplicates, about 29,580 deceased names and 35,800 non-collectors.
- The administration reopened fresh applications on the e-District portal from May 15 and has invited long-pending applicants to reapply under the new, fully digital process.
- Chief Minister Rekha Gupta announced a proposal to raise the annual family income eligibility to Rs 2.5 lakh but that change is a proposal that must be approved by the Delhi Cabinet.
- The government is introducing layered checks such as digital scrutiny by Food and Supply Officers, field verification, district-level committees for final approval, electronic weighing machines at fair-price shops and mandatory biometric authentication.
- The Delhi High Court ordered the state to create a means to identify daily-wage beneficiaries without requiring family income certificates within three months to prevent exclusion of genuine needy workers.